History MundaneUtility / Film

* The Madrigal family in ''Film/Encanto'' use their various magical gifts to make everyday life easier in the small farming town where they live. Pepa uses her WeatherManipulation powers to provide favorable growing conditions, Julieta hands out HealthFood in the town square, Luisa uses her SuperStrength to help with building repairs and other labor, and so on.

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* In the denouement for ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp'', [[spoiler:Scott, Hope, and Cassie use the Pym Particles to turn toy cars and a laptop into their personal drive-in movie, and Hank and Janet enlarge a scale model of a house by the sea as their new home.]]
* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', post-TimeSkip, Thor has repurposed Stormbreaker into a glorified bottle opener for the gallons of beer he drinks.
* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'', Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}} mentions that the same ImprobableAimingSkills he uses to fight crime also make him unbeatable at golf. Possible overlap with BlessedWithSuck, given his tone when he claims he "just can't seem to miss".
* ''Film/{{Captain Marvel|2019}}'': Carol demonstrates her [[LightEmUp photon blasts]] by tapping her hand against her friend's tea kettle, causing the water to boil immediately.

* In ''Film/IronMan3'', [[TheDragon Savin]] [[FreezeFrameBonus can be seen]] using his extremis powers to keep his coffee hot.

* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan'': [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4331uXY0nxA Peter uses his webshooters to grab Gwen and twirl her in for a kiss]] when he's [[CannotSpitItOut unable to spit out to her]] that he's the masked Spider-Man her dad is chasing.
* ''Film/TheAmazingSpiderMan2'': Peter uses his webshooters to write a spider-webbed "I LOVE YOU" message to Gwen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VflasoWmuoA on the side of the Brooklyn Bridge.]]

* In ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'' the title character uses his AstralProjection to study up while his physical body is asleep.
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* The introduction to the campy ''Film/DocSavage'' has Doc building a small rocket, an invention that (according to TheNarrator) may one day may be useful to mankind! Or, as it turns out, to help him fish.

* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! After gazing at the stars through a telescope, Doc appears to be building a RetroRocket to take him there, but it turns out to be a RubeGoldbergDevice for ice fishing.

** In the sequel, Frozone uses his ice powers to summon ice balls for Jack-Jack to gnaw on, thus keeping him quiet and calm.

* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! After gazing at the stars through a telescope, Doc appears to be building a RetroRocket to take him there, but it turns out to be a RuthGoldbergDevice for ice fishing.

* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! One of these is a small rocket that he uses for ice fishing--it launches into the air when a fish takes the bait, pulling it out of the water and ringing a bell to let Doc know dinner's ready.

* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! One of these is a small rocket that he uses for ice fishing.

* At the start of ''Film/DocSavage'', the title character is shown in his arctic Fortress of Solitude laboring on inventions that (TheNarrator declares) may one day be useful to Mankind! One of these is a small rocket that he uses for ice fishing.

* ''Film/{{Her}}'': Self-aware, human level (at least) artificial intelligence has been created, and it's used as an OS for home computers.

** There's also the brief scene where Helen's arms stretch to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar pull Bob back into the bedroom with clearly amorous intent]] without actually ''leaving'' the bedroom.

* At the end of ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'', Queen Elsa uses her [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] to make an ice-skating rink in summer.

* In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', Thanos uses the Infinity Stones to change the sound of his BadassFingersnap[[note]]In Endgame, when he tries to do it without the stones, all he gets is metal grinding on metal[[/note]].

** Dave is trying to clean up his lab (an abandoned subway station) before his date with his LoveInterest. Realizing he's running out of time, he uses magic to [[WesternAnimation/{{Fantasia}} enchant a broom]], a bucket, and a few other objects to do the cleaning for him. Naturally, it all goes out of control, flooding the place and nearly getting Dave electrocuted in the process. In fact, he's falling into the electrified water, as his [[Creator/NicolasCage master]] Balthazar comes back and freezes him in mid-air. Balthazar is ''not'' pleased.

* In the 1989 ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'', Casey Jones can be seen cutting food up with one of Leonardo's katanas at the farmhouse.

*** Starting in this movie, shapeshifter Mystique is shown using a "default" human form--simply Creator/JenniferLawrence without the prosthetics--to pass as normal in public when she doesn't need to impersonate anyone but doesn't want to draw attention with her natural blue skin. Since these movies are prequels, it's possible that she grew out of the practice by the time of the original trilogy, since in ''X2'' Nightcrawler asks her why she ''doesn't'' to use her powers this way and she replies, "I shouldn't have to." In reality, it gives the actress a break from the 7-hour makeup process.